Zoya Akhtar’s film about a slum-dwelling youngster with big dreams who refuses to let his relatively bleak circumstances cripple the longings of his heart, is a triumph, thanks to a ‘rap’turous performance by Ranveer Singh.

Traditionally, marriage for a leading actress has nearly always signalled the end of her career, but 2018 was special because three leading ladies threw caution to the winds and did just that, and continue to have flourishing careers regardless. Samarpita Dutta comments.

2018: A year within the Hindi film industry, that was so densely populated with controversies, with good and downright awful films and stunning revelations, that you have to seriously consider the possibility that somebody was putting LSD in our water supply. Or theirs. A breakdown.

Shah Rukh Khan’s Zero may have woefully missed the mark (and its target audience), but here columnist An Josh dissects why the film worked for him despite its excesses, on levels that it perhaps didn’t for others.

Zoya Akhtar’s film about a slum-dwelling youngster with big dreams who refuses to let his relatively bleak circumstances cripple the longings of his heart, is a triumph, thanks to a ‘rap’turous performance by Ranveer Singh.

A little more engaging thanks to Khan, because of whom more current topics were covered, but perhaps host Johar needs to learn how to strike a balance between fun and content – it’s either too much of one or the other.

Our star of the week, Nick Jonas, not only stole Priyanka Chopra’s heart, but the entire world’s, especially with the dignity with which he conducted himself during their traditional engagement last week.

Traditionally, marriage for a leading actress has nearly always signalled the end of her career, but 2018 was special because three leading ladies threw caution to the winds and did just that, and continue to have flourishing careers regardless. Samarpita Dutta comments.

2018: A year within the Hindi film industry, that was so densely populated with controversies, with good and downright awful films and stunning revelations, that you have to seriously consider the possibility that somebody was putting LSD in our water supply. Or theirs. A breakdown.

Shah Rukh Khan’s Zero may have woefully missed the mark (and its target audience), but here columnist An Josh dissects why the film worked for him despite its excesses, on levels that it perhaps didn’t for others.

J.A. Bayona ticks off the pre-requisite disaster movie checkboxes with flair, and finally takes us off the island and into his comfort zone – gothic, claustrophobic horror – and the end result proves to be thoroughly entertaining.